“By every measure and employing any number of standards, America’s education system is failing.” – The Lonely Realist Shockingly, America ranks behind 21 other countries in math, reading and science. The world has progressed and American education quite simply hasn’t. Progress requires the decision to change...
“No one enjoyed watching this past year's "The Big Bust." Inflation, crypto winter, bank crises. Wow! How will this movie end?” – The Lonely Realist The Big Boom, America’s favorite movie for more than a decade, ended its run more than a year ago. Its sequel,...
“America’s leading politicians continue to play to their populist minorities.” – The Lonely Realist A recent NBC news poll found that 71% of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, the highest sustained level of pessimism in 30 years. A similar majority of...
“It may seem that America has experienced major changes over the last four years, but the reality is that the more things appear to have changed, the more they’ve stayed the same.” – The Lonely Realist Today marks the beginning of TLR’s fifth year. With more...
"Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much." -- Gilbert K. Chesterton TLR over the last four years has repeatedly looked to Cassandra to provide insights into some of the more challenging issues facing America. For example, in...